Marisol Heredia, left, and Preeti Mistry, head chef and owner, prep food together at Juhu Beach Club in Oakland, Calif. Tuesday, February 14, 2017.

Marisol Heredia, left, and Preeti Mistry, head chef and owner, prep food together at Juhu Beach Club in Oakland, Calif. Tuesday, February 14, 2017.

Photo: Mason Trinca, Special To The Chronicle

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The exterior of the Juhu Beach Club in Oakland.

The exterior of the Juhu Beach Club in Oakland.

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Preeti Mistry to sell Juhu Beach Club space

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Preeti Mistry’s Juhu Beach Club, Oakland’s celebrated Indian street food spot which essentially put the Easy Bay chef on the culinary map, is closing sometime in the next few months.

Well, to be more specific: the current iteration of Juhu is closing. Mistry says Juhu 3.0 — the first version was a San Francisco pop-up — is in the works, but she doesn’t want to give away details at this point.

As for why this is happening, she says it is a reaction to the popularity Juhu began building roughly five years ago. Mistry has a cookbook coming out in October, her Juhu sequel Navi Kitchen is rolling along in Emeryville and it is all due to the accolades generated by her flagship spot on Telegraph Ave. Now Mistry has the cache to dive into other projects, she says.

“It’s always one of those hard business decisions that you have to make. It’s bittersweet,” Mistry told Inside Scoop. “It’s been an amazing run.”

That run includes James Beard awards and nominations; a visit from Anthony Bourdain as he toured the Bay Area for his CNN show “Parts Unknown” and getting to know countless employees and regular diners.

Mistry jokes that she’s already made it through the phases of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining and depression came months ago when she realized selling Juhu was in the cards. “I’m at acceptance now,” she says with a laugh.

Juhu will be around in pop-up form down the line while the cookbook is being promoted, Mistry added. And with a new version of Juhu taking shape on the horizon, this isn’t technically goodbye.